Author Archives: Melissa Kean

If you’ve been keeping up you know that my awesome colleague Norie Guthrie recently digitized several boxes worth of old ktru tapes, which can now be listened to here. A couple of weeks ago I finally had a chance to … Continue reading →

I happened upon an unusual document this afternoon while I was unsuccessfully trying to figure out how to locate something else. It arrived on campus in 1988, in the provost’s office oddly enough. (That would have been Neal Lane.) It’s … Continue reading →

This says on the back only “Homecoming 1977 cross country”: I’ve been home sick part of this week with plenty of time to think and I found this picture inspiring. I’ve become enchanted by the notion of holding a Homecoming … Continue reading →

This year’s concurrence of Homecoming and Veterans Day reminded me of Dr. Lovett’s remarks to the Association of Rice Alumni in 1945, his last as president, which likewise coincided with what was then called Armistice Day. People don’t write like … Continue reading →

I’ll admit that I only read this clipping because I couldn’t get the headline to make any sense: I’ve mentioned the Rice TV show in the past (here) but until I ran across this I had no idea that it … Continue reading →

Bill Akers, who died last week, arrived at the Rice Institute as an assistant professor of chemical engineering in 1947. His was, by anyone’s measure, a high-impact hire. He began his career here with work that helped pave the way … Continue reading →

My intention to visit the front of campus was spurred by an email I got during Hurricane Harvey. An intrepid alum, Annette Bruer Tarver ’86, went exploring during the storm and sent me a picture of a big oak that … Continue reading →

From a Brown College scrapbook, with no explanation: Bonus: It’s come to this.

I had planned another post about the front of campus for tonight but it’s a little complicated and I’m not quite ready so it must wait until Monday. (I’m just as disappointed as you are.) In the meantime I do … Continue reading →

A couple weeks ago one of my  colleagues in the Woodson was using the Teas Nursery Collection and found this very old picture of the Italian cypresses nicely accessorized with those pots that used to inhabit the quad area. It’s … Continue reading →